KidScreened

July 30, 2010 by Kidscreen Staff

• Major video game players drop subscriptions fees, try to push virtual goods (Wall Street Journal)

• eBooks continue to catch on – Barnes & Noble opens 1,000-square-foot boutiques for its Nook eReader chain-wide (New York Times)

• Burger King launching kids breakfast meals (L.A. Times)

• The GPad? iPhone and handheld gaming device merge (GadgetLab)

• Nearing 50, Barbie’s boy toy is hotter than ever (Boston Globe)

• The new abnormal – trying to make sense of the erratic recession-plagued American consumer (BusinessWeek)